Democratisation in the 21st Century (eBook, PDF)

Reviving Transitology
Redaktion: Ould Mohamedou, Mohammad-Mahmoud; Sisk, Timothy D.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the state of democratisation theory and practice that reopens and revives the democratic transition debate, exploring the factors that lead to the demise of autocracy, the pathways and processes of change, and the choice for an eventual consolidation of democracy. The essays, written by international democratisation specialists, tackle the series of questions raised by a body of literature that remains highly useful to understand contemporary political turbulence and transformation, considering numerous crucial issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317202066
• Artikelnr.: 46757730

Autorenporträt

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is the Deputy Director and Academic Dean at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Adjunct Professor in the International History Department at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is also Visiting Professor in the doctoral school at Sciences Po Paris. Timothy D. Sisk is Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and steering faculty of the Sié Chéou Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy, University of Denver, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Turbulent Transitions into the 21st Century
2. Reviving Transitology: Democratisation Then and Now
3. Divergent and Partial Transitions
4. Electoral Transitions: Stumbling out of the Gate
5. Democratisation in the Asia-Pacific: Two Steps Forward?
6. The Transition in East Central Europe
7. Successes and Breakdowns: Democratisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
8. Thirty Years Past: Transitology in the Southern Cone
9. Transitology à l'Arabe: Confirmation and Challenge
10. From Transitology to Consolidology